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[senoritafish]

Well, with so many posts with Valentine's Day hate earlier this week, I was hesitant to post on the actual day, and I didn't finish it til late that night anyway. I didn't get the idea until lunchtime. Some weirdness...




Flabellinopsis iodinea, or Spanish shawl nudibranchs. These are local guys that live in the kelp forests and reefs off southern California. I cheated on the cerata, though (the orange gills on their backs); I cut and pasted them from a photo because it was getting pretty late. And since I drew them from photos, I now realize the lighting direction on the upper nudie is wrong for the shading I drew on the heart. Ah well. To paraphase the great doctor, I'm a biologist, not an artist.

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[lemonrocket.livejournal.com]

That's a neat picture and unique, I would think. ;~) Not too many people think of sea slugs and Valentine's Day at the same time. *g*

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

That's just me. I'm strange that way. Thanks!